Exodus Geohagon's protracted move away from Darlington finally reached a conclusion last night.

The centre-back completed an emergency loan switch to Dagenham & Redbridge, leaving The Northern Echo Arena after playing in only six matches.

He signed on October 11, but after Mark Cooper was sacked as manager Geohagon made it clear to chairman Raj Singh that he would be happy to leave and the feeling was mutual, but the manner of his exit has been complex.

Having already been registered to three clubs this season, after beginning the campaign with Peterborough and then Barnet, Geohagon is not permitted to join sign for a fourth club either permanently or on a long-term loan.

But he is able to make the switch on an emergency loan so last night he sealed a three-month deal with Dagenham and became the fifth player to exit Quakers this month following Michael Brough, John Campbell, Greg Taylor and James Walshaw.

That number will increase to six if Gateshead get their way because, as revealed in The Northern Echo last Friday, Heed boss Ian Bogie has been in touch with Darlington about striker Liam Hatch.

He said: "We put an offer in, the offer still stands but nothing has materialised yet. We've shown an interest in the player and it's down to the club to decide if they will take us up on the offer."

Hatch is not the only Quakers player to have come under Bogie's consideration, but Darlington's caretaker manager Craig Liddle hopes Geohagon will be the last of the squad to leave for the foreseeable future.

Meanwhile, Dale Hopson has revealed that faith in his own ability helped him to enjoy a memorable debut on Saturday.

Having monitored his progress in the youth team, Liddle handed the 19-year-old his first senior appearance in a win at Ebbsfleet United and the attack-minded midfielder made a seamless transition, creating a glut of chances and scoring the final goal in a 3-1 victory.

He said: "The way I looked at it was that Lidds is in charge, I won't let him down. I felt ready to play, I was confident in myself.

"I've been training with the first team, on and off, for about a month now and just from watching games felt I could slot in straight away, I was confident I could fit in and luckily I did.

"I really enjoyed it. I thought I was playing the ball about well and it felt as though I was having a good game.

"We should've scored more, but that will happen as confidence comes which will be helped by winning two games in a row."